Barbara Ann Sellinger is the Chair of American Cancer Society NW New Jersey and Co-Chair of the Annual Finish the Fight Golf Invitational. She is the former Co-Chair and General Counsel for Arts Horizons and current Board member. Previously, she was the General Counsel for Kamine Development Corp, the Group Vice President for Enterprise Labor and Employment Law at Wyndham Worldwide, Chief Legal Officer, Labor and Litigation Counsel at American Standard, and Chief Labor and Litigation Counsel for RJR Nabisco. Early in her career, she worked for the National Labor Relations Board Division of Judges and the U.S. Department of Labor. She also previously worked as an associate at the labor and employment law firm of Grotta, Glassman, and Hoffman and in the employment law group of the law firm Cohen Shapiro. She was a partner at the labor and employment law firm of Epstein Becker and Green.
Barbara received her bachelor’s degree, Magna Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa/Phi Kappa Phi, from Syracuse University, her master’s, from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, and her law degree from the Washington College of Law at American University, where she was awarded a dean’s fellowship.
Her memberships, affiliations and awards include: Former Board Member, Horizons Newark ; 2012 Boy Scouts of America Tribute to Women Award; 2009 Corporate Sector NJ Women Lawyer Association Women’s Initiative and Leaders in Law Platinum Award; American Cancer Society, Board of Advisors Member, Northwest NJ Region 2012-present; Former American Cancer Society, Chair, Starry Night Gala; Former NJPAC, Committee Member Vanguard Committee, ArtsHorizons, Trustee 2009-present; Former New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Board Member; American Corporate Counsel Association, Former Board Member (1994-1995); New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association, Former President (1993-1995), and Former Board Member 1993-2013; New Jersey State Bar Association, Former President of Young Lawyers Division, Former Member of the Board of Trustees (1983-1984); NYU School of Law, Center for Labor and Employment – Former Advisory Board Member (2001-2003); Atlantic Legal Foundation, Former Advisory Board Member; United Way, Morris County, Former Executive Board Member (1995); Special Olympics of New Jersey, Former Board Member (1999); Metropolitan Corporate Counselor, Former Advisory Board Member; Family Services, Morris County, Former Co-Chair – Ball Fundraising Committee; Embrace the Kids, Former Board Member and Advisory Board Member; Hamilton Farm Golf Club, Former Treasurer and Tournament Chair and President.
